Skóg-gangr

Old Norse Dictionary - skóg-gangr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skóg-gangr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

skóg-gangr Old Norse word can mean:

skóg-gangr
m., prop. a ‘wood-going;’ used as a law term for outlawry (from an outlaw being banished to the woods), Grág. i. 90.
skóg-gangr
COMPDS: skóggangsmaðr, skóggangsstefna, skóggangssök, skóggangsþýfi.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚴ-ᚴᛅᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
prop.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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